Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: result and report
Premiership · Tuesday 2 January 2024
Result
Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock
Premiership · Tuesday 2 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Rangers 3-1 Kilmarnock: match report
Rangers defeated Kilmarnock 3-1 in the Premiership on Tuesday 2 January 2024. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ross McCausland opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Rangers's goals came from Ross McCausland (41'), Abdallah Sima (45') and Todd Cantwell (61'). Kilmarnock scored through Danny Armstrong (59', penalty).
Discipline: Rangers received 1 yellow card; Kilmarnock received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 43 points from 19 and Kilmarnock 4th on 31 points from 21. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Kilmarnock 4th with 56.
Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kilmarnock in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Todd Cantwell of Rangers (8.2), ahead of James Tavernier (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Kilmarnock.
Going into the match Rangers's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Kilmarnock's D-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Todd Cantwell
- 30'Yellow card · Rory McKenzie
- 41'Goal · Ross McCausland
- 41'Yellow card · David Watson
- 45'Goal · Abdallah Sima
- 59'Penalty goal · Danny Armstrong
- 61'Goal · Todd Cantwell
- 63'Yellow card · Joe Wright
Head-to-head
Team news
Rangers line-up (4-3-3)
Jack Butland, James Tavernier, Connor Goldson, John Souttar, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Kieran Dowell, John Lundstram, Todd Cantwell, Ross McCausland, Cyriel Dessers, Abdallah Sima
Kilmarnock line-up (4-5-1)
Will Dennis, Joe Wright, Lewis Mayo, Stuart Findlay, Corrie Ndaba, Danny Armstrong, Rory McKenzie, Liam Donnelly, Liam Polworth, Matty Kennedy, K. Vassell